Wednesday, September 6, 2017

This is my most favorite of our crazy cake creations yet! The brown sugar sinks a bit to the bottom giving the cake a "layered" caramel apple taste of fall! And what better way to use up those mealy apples than in a seasonal surprise for your family! It is easy to make in 7 steps -- and don't forget that it is frugal, egg-free, butter-free, milk-free and can even be gluten-free (meaning you will most likely have all the ingredients in your basic pantry!).

Measure
out and mix all the dry ingredients together in your prepared baking pan. Make
three wells in the baking pan (making sure one is large enough to contain the
oil). Pour the oil into the largest well and the vinegar and vanilla separately
into the other impressions. Pour water over all the contents, add the shredded apples
and carefully mix your ingredients until combined and smooth.

Bake
for 35 - 40 minutes (it is finished when a toothpick inserted inside the center
comes out clean). Cool on wire rack. Once it is completely cooled, you may
frost it. Recipe can be doubled – just use a 9 by 13 inch baking pan.

P.S. This post has been pre-scheduled as I am out of the country (visiting my precious far away family) until Septemberish. Though I won't be able to reply, I would still love to hear from you in the comment section if you care to share! Happy summer and/or winter (to those in the southern hemisphere)! Love, JES

Thank you so much for sharing! I love making wacky cakes and we make them into lemon and orange cakes as well. Now we can make them with apples. Yum! We just got fresh orchard apples at the grocery store, so perhaps it's the perfect time to make one!

JES wanted to let you know I made this cake when my house filled with family evacuees from Hurricane Irma. I used some ripe pears I had on hand in place of the apple, ginger instead of cinnamon and the cake drew raves. Adults all had second pieces (I doubled the recipe) and children ate all of their pieces. The double recipe easily fed 10 folks two meals of desserts plus the extras the adults had as a snack the first evening.

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